Check the status of acedb on the localhost. Note that because in most installations, sgifaceserver is configured to run under xinetd/inetd. If there has been a long period with no requests, sgifaceserver may have timed out.

This method returns a two element list comprised of ($string,$status). $string will contain a formatted string indicating the test, time, and result; $status will be boolean true or false indicating the success or failure of the test.

This method also populates the object with a variety of status strings. See the "ACCESSOR METHODS" section of Bio::GMOD::Admin::Monitor for additional details.

Restart sgifaceserver using a variety of methods, starting from least to most aggressive.

Options:
-user These two options will be used to try and restart sgifaceserver
-pass using the ace.pl script (if installed on your system) (admin/ace123)
-xinetd full path to xinetd undet control of init.d
(defaults to /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd if not provided)

Note that restarting sgifaceserver can take some time depending on your system! Be patient!

This method returns a two element list comprised of ($string,$status). $string will contain a formatted string indicating the test, time, and result; $status will be boolean true or false indicating the success or failure of the test.

Like check_status(), this method populates a number of status fields in the object. See the "ACCESSOR METHODS" section of Bio::GMOD::Admin::Monitor for additional details.